My glasses have the thin arms and they still miss a lot of peripheral vision, the small lenses fashionable now just don't extend far enough. If I put on my old set I see much more (and they had 'small' lenses for the time, heh).
Doesn't help that ever second vehicle nowadays is grey-brown, ie the color of pavement.
Get around the lack of peripheral by relying on the wide angle attachments on my mirrors like a trucker instead of shoulder checking.
Would like to try lasik but I was trying contacts last month and really hated the slightly imperfect vision they gave me.